Adelaide de Blacas (imashootingstar) wrote in vrrpg, @ 2017-11-19 10:31:00 |
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RP: A Dinner Party
Who: Addi, Phillip, Dora, Hyperion, Genevieve, Persephone, Ewan, Zahara, Coop, Quin, Lance, Parminder, and Tate (with the NPC children!) [add your tags, please!]
When: Sunday, November 19, 2009, evening
Where: The cottage
What: Addi and Phillip have invited their closest friends and family to tell them the news, but Phillip has an something more planned.
Warnings: Highly emotional, some references to past abuse
Despite her surety in her decision, Addi was, understandably she thought, incredibly nervous about tonight. While normally one to crave and adore attention, this was not something she was particularly thrilled to have to announce to her and Phillip's closest friends and family. Maybe if they'd been together longer, had more of a solid foundation for their future... but they'd only known each other for just under six months, and everything was moving so fast. But she had warmed to the idea of this baby, even if she was absolutely exhausted and fed up with the rather incessant nausea, which she hoped would not make itself known tonight.
Everything had turned out wonderfully so far, though. Tate had arrived earlier to set up in the kitchen. Magic had been worked to enlarge the dining room to accommodate everyone at the table. There was a corner set aside for the children to play in, a little easel set up for Auri to draw if she'd like and a few age-appropriate toys for Fee, and there was also a cot to put the twins in if they got tired of being held.
After a bit of socializing but before the food was quite ready, Addi went to stand in front of the hearth, her hand in Phillip's. She looked up at him with a small, hesitant smile, gathering some strength from his steady presence next to her. "Thank you all for coming, especially on such short notice," she began, gathering everyone's attention to her. "Phillip and I have an announcement, and it didn't feel right doing it over the network."
She took a deep breath, glancing at Phillip again before looking back at their crowd of loved ones. She focused on Zee first, then Vieve, trusting that they would help keep things positive in the wake of her announcement, as Addi still had that pit in her stomach, that dread that people would respond poorly. "Although it's been entirely unplanned and far sooner than we would have chosen had it been our choice, Phillip and I are going to be parents. I'm pregnant, tentatively due June fifteenth," she announced, knowing her smile was edged with her nerves but not quite able to hide it entirely.